Multiple school districts using AMI days due to COVID surge

School districts from across the Deltaplex have announced they will transition to AMI days due to a surge in COVID-19 numbers. Deltaplex News has confirmed the following districts will use AMI days this week. Cleveland County DeWitt Drew Central Dumas England Fordyce McGehee Monticello Pine Bluff Sheridan Star City Stuttgart White Hall Woodlawn If your district is transitioning to AMI... Read More.
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Woodlawn Schools transition to AMI days due to COVID surge

The Woodlawn School District has announced that they will transition to AMI days due to a surge in COVID numbers. The district had previously announced they would use AMI days for Monday and Tuesday before making their newest announcement. A copy of the announcement is... Read More.

Sheridan Schools to use AMI days due to COVID surge

The Sheridan School District has announced they will transition to AMI days for the remainder of this week due to a surge in COVID numbers. The district sent the following message to parents Monday afternoon: SSD families: Due to a sharp rise in COVID cases and... Read More.
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COVID closes Jefferson County courthouse

Jefferson County Judge Gerald Robinson on Monday announced that the county courthouse will be closed this week because of the pandemic. In a memo released Monday morning Robinson said this. Due to the pandemic surge, several county offices have employees out with Covid-19 infections. The Courthouse... Read More.

More schools switching to virtual because of COVID

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — More Arkansas schools announced shifts to virtual classes Thursday as the state continued to see record increases in COVID-19 cases. The North Little Rock School District announced that there would be no on-site instruction, after-school activities or athletic events at... Read More.
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Little Rock schools shift to virtual because of COVID

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two Little Rock-area school districts announced Wednesday that they were shifting to virtual classes for the rest of the week because of a major spike in COVID-19 cases. Little Rock School District Superintendent Michael Poore announced the decision in a Read More.

Governor orders National Guard to help with COVID testing

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ governor on Tuesday deployed National Guard members to help with hospitals’ COVID-19 testing sites as the state’s coronavirus cases continued to spike. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he’s authorized 50 Guard members to assist at hospitals around the state, in... Read More.
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State prisons in lockdown because of COVID

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas prisons are going into lockdown for at least two weeks because of the rising number of COVID-19 cases among staff and prisoners, the state Department of Corrections announced Friday. State prisons are prohibiting visits and “limiting non-essential movement within... Read More.

State sets new record for confirmed COVID cases

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said the state recorded its highest one-day count of confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began Thursday amid an omicron-fueled surge in the virus across the country. Arkansas reported 4,978 new cases of the disease... Read More.
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New COVID cases top 1,000 Tuesday

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas reported more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday in its biggest one-day jump in coronavirus cases since September. The state reported 1,044 new coronavirus cases, bringing its total since the pandemic began to 528,838. The state’s active cases increased... Read More.

State COVID cases increase for third straight day

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Thursday reported 907 new COVID-19 cases, the third day of sharp increases as Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The increase, which brings the state’s total COVID-19 cases to 522,460 since the pandemic... Read More.